The Perfect Luna

“Explain this!” Gideon growled at the Beta as he uploaded the video on the big

screen.

Maya watched it calmly, her face vacant of any emotions.

“What exactly should I explain?” she asked lazily, only fuelling his anger.

He rewound the video back to when she was fighting Roxanne and pointed at Riannon standing not far from them.

“She was there! And you saw her!” he was playing those seconds again and again, making her watch this. “You didn’t even move to help her. I want to know why!

“I did not notice her!” Maya turned away and he just knew that she was lying through her teeth.

“I am not buying this!” he growled. He could feel how his own Beta, Ried, was trying to reach him via the mind link. He was worried sick about his mate, and it was one of the reasons why he couldn’t kill her on the spot.

Yet she was too calm. A traitor who was just caught couldn’t possibly be this

serene!

“Maya,” he said through clenched teeth, “what do you know that I don’t? You clearly saw each other. Ria didn’t even fight that damn fox when he caught her!”

She averted his gaze and he knew that he was on the right path.

“You have to tell me!” he growled and it suddenly became harder to breathe in the room. He never used his royal lycan power. It was dangerous. And not only for others, for him as well. Because unleashing that pressing darkness within him could have consequences beyond repairing. There was a reason why only the royal lycans had the second battle form now. Only they could shift into wolf-like feral beasts who

could walk on their feet. Common lycians could die if they tried that.

The blood of royals was the purest and they were the only ones who had enough strength to channel and control true beasts. Those beasts were giving them power beyond imaginable, but that came with a price. The longer they stayed in that form, the less they wanted to come back to being human. It was too tempting, too

wolf, hence they were saving it for the worst battles. When they were becoming true lycans, all emotions were gone. Only instincts stayed. And every time Gideon had to use any part of his feral powers, he knew that once he reached a certain point, he had to stop and go back to being human.

That form was making him stronger and any other shifter could sense his power from afar. Right now he only let it out a bit but Maya already lowered her head

in submission. This was something out of her control now.

“What. Happened. There?” Gideon demanded in a firm menacing tone and she gulped, trying to fight it. But it was useless.

“I can’t,” she whispered desperately.

“I am your king,” Gideon insisted, letting her know that he would make her if she didn’t do it herself.

“You might be my king but she is my Alpha,” Maya’s voice was faint but she faced him with a determination which he couldn’t not respect.

He didn’t even need more details. It was clear what had happened back in the woods now. And he wanted to crush things, break them, destroy…

“Just tell me why she did it,” he used all his strength to get the beast to back down, so that he could return to his senses and so that the girl in front of him could stop suffocating. It was her first time experiencing something like this. Most would probably have already fainted.

as well, she gave up. There was no point hiding anything anymore. She stalled him as much as she could. Just like

wanted.

hurt her. She was certain of

voice bleak, as he snapped

to make her pass out!” the king growled. “He could do anything to her while she

blessed by the Moon Goddess.” The Beta

to hear those explanations. He just needed facts. “When did she

confessed. “She told me via the mind link and then she rejected my every protest. She was sure that we would be able to win the war only if we got enough intel. And the only way to get it was to get inside their lair. Ria said that there were too many secrets and no way to find out whom we can trust. She wanted to fix that problem. She was sure that Castiel would be co.cky enough to try and get her. And she told

Gideon pointed

initiative,” Maya admitted, “I thought everything was over. I saw Riannon and Castiel behind Roxanne. But when he attacked and covered her face with that cloth, I knew that it was exactly what she wanted. This was why I played with Roxy longer and waited for him to be gone. As a Beta, I cannot disobey my

followed

stated honestly and firmly. “She ordered not

her little cross-body bag and got out a little note. Riannon’s scent hit his nostrils and he got instantly calmer. Maya handed him the little folded piece of paper and he secretly took another breath just to feel closer

this for you,” the girl stepped

if it was some kind

these words… these words were exactly what he needed right now. She trusted him. She needed him to trust her. And she needed

pain rippling through

But she needed him.

there was this silent understanding between the two of them now. He knew that she would do anything to get her best friend and Alpha back. All they needed was

turned to look at the glass. Behind it the tiny fox was weeping

make sure that she loses any hope of ever getting out of here. And when she does, we will break her. Part by part.

for goddess knew how long. She knew that they had not forgotten

weighing her options, she was not going to share anything.

So, she needed to hold on until then.

the sound of the lock and turned to see the doors opening. The ability to cry was lost to her as she had already drained all the liquid

leather looking down at her, she couldn’t believe

scenario, no less. Her

in the tray with a paper plate and some food on it, as well as a water bottle. “This ginger hobbit is the big bad criminal they asked us to guard? Couldn’t they do it

vicious and can

ordered and pointed to the chair. Roxy decided not to cause a

stated calmly to

are you,” the other one, with straight black

you?” Roxy asked, prying

answered, “Now, eat. We are not staying here

eating slowly, listening to their

the lycan king is this furious.” The two women whispered to each other,

mean, I get it. He lost his queen and now she is captive. Who knows what the fox king is doing to her this very moment? He did not contact

table, not caring

attention.

girls asked her with an indifferent

hungry anymore,”

anything else, they gathered everything that they had brought and left her alone, locking her

while, keeping her composure. But the images of Castiel and Riannon were flooding her mind. She knew him the best and she knew far too well when he wanted a woman. He always had a harem, yes. But he had consent from every girl inside of it, herself included. They all wanted to be there, craved it. And as far as she knew, it was the first time that he had taken